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Woman (Bijin) Looking at the Moon's Reflection, from the series Mu Tamagawa

mid-1700s

Suzuki Harunobu

(Japanese, 1724–1770)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 70.1 x 13.3 cm (27 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade 1989.383
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Pillar prints, or hashira-e (柱絵), are long and narrow Japanese woodblock prints originally intended to decorate wooden pillars.
  • ?–1989
    Jeptha H. Wade III [1924–2008], Massachusetts, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1989–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78. Mentioned: p. 78, no. 210 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 6-April 15, 1990).
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